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It is believed over 50,000 women lose their jobs each year as a result of being pregnant or taking maternity leave. One in nine women surveyed by the Department for Business and Energy said they had been dismissed, made redundant or felt they had to resign following their return from having a child. Following a […]
Over the past few months we have run employment law related features on government scandals. Following the swathes of cabinet and government resignations this month, we were going to play a game of ‘Constructive dismissal, or no constructive dismissal?’ in our topical news segment this month. Would you say Boris Johnson’s implied term of trust […]
A recent survey of over 1,000 business decision makers by the Equality and Human Rights Commission has found that a large proportion of employers hold antiquated views. Maternity and sex discrimination in the workplace: Nearly half of employers think it is acceptable to ask a female applicant if she has children during an interview (46%) […]
After all the election and post-election chaos we thought it was best to get back to Case of the Week, which guarantees its readers a strong and stable supply of recent case law. Last week we looked at gross misconduct. This week we have two cases for you. The first is about shared parental leave […]
There were several announcement made by the Chancellor, Phillip Hammond, in the Autumn Statement that will impact employment law. Incidentally this might be the last Autumn Statement, as one of the announcements was to abolish them! In April 2017, the rates employers have to pay will go up for the first time since April 2015. […]
Hello and welcome back to your weekly case law update. Last week we looked at the validity of settlement of agreements and we also did a feature on discrimination during recruitment following the Matching Models controversy. This week we will be looking at shared parental leave. Today’s case is only an ET judgement so is therefore not binding on […]
Hello and welcome back to your weekly case law update. Last week we examined the role of the ACAS Code of Practice in ill-health dismissals. This week we will be looking at constructive dismissal and maternity discrimination. The facts of this case mean it is essentially a beginner’s guide to constructive dismissal and maternity discrimination issues. Today’s questions: Can reducing […]
A recent government report suggests that up to 390,000 pregnant women experience negative and possibly discriminatory treatment during pregnancy and maternity leave, or on their return. Many mums surveyed said that maternity leave negatively impacted on their career and the report estimates that 54,000 women are forced out of work each year due to the issue. Over […]
Welcome back to another Case of the Week. Before we begin I would like to draw the attention of anyone who isn’t tired of hearing about George Osbourne to our pieces explaining his performance against election promises and the impact of the latest budget. Remember last week when i mentioned it would be timely to have a case on sex discrimination? […]
A re-structuring took place whilst Mrs Wainwright (Mrs W) was off on maternity leave. Two posts were being reduced down to one. Mrs W’s role was being amalgamated with a similarly graded post held by a Mr Pierce. Both Mr Pierce and Mrs W were invited to apply for the new position. Both Mrs W […]
